Acronyms #1
RCM
Release Case Manager
The date DOC must release a person from prison so they can begin serving their parole.
What is your MRD?
(mandatory release date)
The Parole Board is a group of DOC employees that make decisions regarding parole releases, conditions of parole, and revocations.
FALSE
The Parole Board is NOT part of DOC. It is its own separate entity.
It consists of 9 community members from society that are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.
TRP
Transition Release Plan
What is the criteria to be eligible for RESTORE?
1 - within 180 days of being released
OR
2 - tabled parole status
CPO
Community Parole Officer
The earliest date you can be released into parole.
(parole eligibility date)
Everyone from LVCF gets $100 of gate money on the day you release.
FALSE
You will not receive gate money upon release if:
1 - you're a parole return
2 - you have previously received it
ETN
Employment and Training Navigator
An event where the RCMs bring community partners into the facility to connect with you prior to being released.
In-reach
CRES
Community Re-Entry Specialist
The date when DOC no longer has control over the person because they have finished their sentence.
What is your SDD?
(statutory discharge date)
You can choose to deny your parole board hearing.
TRUE
BAT
Benefit Acquisition Team
TRUE or FALSE
RESTORE provides services to folks going to community corrections and PED folks.
FALSE
RESTORE does not work with folks going to community corrections because you are still considered a DOC inmate (not parole).
RESTORE does not work with PED folks because they do not have an actual MRD, SDD, or tabled status.
RESTORE
A sentencing or placement alternative program for clients convicted of felony offenses that offers offers treatment, educational opportunities, and employment services.
What is community corrections?
If you're on parole, you can live where ever you want when you get out.
FALSE
If you're on parole, you must have an approved parole plan so your parole officer knows where to find you.
COPD
Code of Penal Discipline
The person you should contact to obtain your state ID or drivers license, birth certificate, or social security card.
Your facility case manager.
WAGEES
Work and Gain Education & Employment Skills
The Constitutional power of the governor of the state of Colorado to pardon a conviction or to commute a sentence.
Clemency
If you're SDD, you cannot receive re-entry services from CRES or WAGEES.
FALSE
You can receive re-entry services for up to 1 year after your SDD.
CARAS
Colorado Actuarial Risk Assessment Scale
This assessment is done with your facility case manager and it predicts recidivism.
What benefits does the Benefits Acquisition team assist RESTORE clients with?
SSI/SSDI
Medicaid
Treatment provider referrals